Corset attachment.



J. A. DENNIS.

CORSET ATTACHMENT.

APPLIOATION rum) 0012.1, 1909.

Patentbd Aug 16, 1910.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JULIA A. DENNIS, OF IBEMIDJI, MINNESOTA.

CORSET ATTACHMENT.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JULIA A. DENNIS, a citizen of the United States,residing at Bemidji, in the county of Beltrami, State of Minnesota, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Corset Attachments; andI do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in attachments for body supportsand more particularly to that type of body supports known as corsets.

It is well known that the usual method of attaching hose supporters tothe front meeting ends of a corset has a tendency, due to the strain ofthe supports, to force the stays through the fabric, thus reducing thelife of the corset. The present invention aims to remedy this defect byproviding an attachment to be arranged on the front meeting ends of thecorset, the said attachment being provided with openings for thereception of the hose supporters, the whole being so constructed andarranged that the strain pr0- duced by the hose supporters will bedistributed over the body of the corset and not directly upon the stays.

Another object is the provision of a construction which can be readilyattached to most forms of corsets now in use.

With these and other objects in view as will more fully hereinafterappear, the present invention consists in certain novel details ofconstruction and arrangement of parts, hereinafter fully described,illustrated in the accompanying drawings and more particularly pointedout in the appended claim; it being understood that various changes inthe form, proportion, size and minor details of the device may be madewithout departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantagesof the invention.

In the accompanying drawings forming part of the specification :Figure lis a front elevation of a corset provided with my improved device. Fig.2 is a transverse sectional View on the line 22 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is adetailed plan view of the plate from which one member of the attachmentis formed. Fig. i is a similar View of the Specification of LettersPatent.

Application filed October 1, 1909.

Patented Aug. 16, 1910. Serial No. 520,489.

plate from which the other member of the attachment is formed.

Similar numerals of reference are employed to designate correspondingparts throughout.

The corset is designated in general by the numeral and the front staysby the numerals (3 and 7. The clasps of the front stays are designatedby the numerals 8 and J and are of well known construction.

The attachment forming the subject-1natter of the present invention isshown to consist of a pair of plates preferably stamped from a sheet ofmetal. These plates are designed to be bent upon themselves at theirlongitudinal centers so as to straddle the front meeting ends of thecorset. The plate shown in Fig. 3 and designated by the numeral 10 isoblong in contour and at what will. subsequently be termed its upper cor11ers is provided with bendable prongs 12. The opposite sides of theplate 10 are likewise provided with bendable prongs 18 and formedadjacent the lower side of the plate are a pair of oblong openings lt,which are arranged on either side of the longitudinal center of theplate and lie in a horizontal plane. These openings receive the upperends of the hose supporters designated by the numeral 15 and forming theattachment from the plate 10; the latter is bent upon itself at itslongitudinal center and the prongs 12 and 13 turned inwardly. This willbring the oblong openings 1% in direct alinement. In positioning theplate the opposite sides 16 and 17 formed by bending the plate areplaced on the opposite faces of the corset and in order that the stud ofthe clasp may protrude through the plate an opening 18 is formed in thelatter and adjacent the upper end thereof. The length of the plate issuch that when the stud is within the opening 18 the oblong openings 14will extend below the lower edge of the corset. When the parts are sopositioned they may be secured to the body of the corset by insertingthe prongs into the fabric and clenching the same. The opposite plate 19is formed exactly the same as the plate 10 and corresponds in size tothe latter, the only difference residing in the provision of an oblongslot 20 formed on its bent edge, for the reception of the tongue of theclasp. The plate 19 is provided with prongs '21 by means of which it issecured to the body. of the corset like the plate 10.

WVith this construction it is obvious that the downward pull exerted bythe hose supporters will not be centered on the front stays butdistributed over the latter and fabric, whereby the tendency of thelower endsof the stays to force themselves through the lower edges ofthe corset will be consid erably reduced. It is to be understood whenthe parts are positioned their lower ends will extend equal distancesbelow the lower edge of the corset and the oblong openings 14 inposition to receive the upper ends of the hose supporters. Thus it canbe seen that I have provided a device which is exceedingly simple instructure and comparaa llllllllnulll. It will be further observed thatthis device may be applied to most forms of corsets now in use.

hat is claimed as new, is

A hose supporting attachment for corsets comprising a pair of metallicplates bendable upon themselves and provided on their upper end portionswith prongs to be embedded into the fabric of the corset and furtherprovided with openings for the reception of the corset Clasps, the lowerends of said plates extending below the lower edge of said corset andprovided with openings for the reception of hose supporters.

In testimony whereof, I aflix my signature, in presence of twowitnesses.

JULIA A. DENNIS. Vitnesses A. A. ANDREws, J. H. ORR.

